. The Street railway journal . ted ,700 cubic meters uncreosoted and 1900 cubic meters creosotedtimber. 160 tons of iron for tie-rods. staggered. The ties are creosoted Norway pine, 23 cm x , the upper edges being beveled. The. rails are fastened tothe ties by screw bolts. Double concealed bonds are placed ateach joint. The length of route along the canal is 13417 km. At the village of Halfweg, which, as its name indicates, issituated approximately half-way between Amsterdam andHaarlem, the line crosses two canals. Over these, bridges werebuilt specially for the purposes of the tr
. The Street railway journal . ted ,700 cubic meters uncreosoted and 1900 cubic meters creosotedtimber. 160 tons of iron for tie-rods. staggered. The ties are creosoted Norway pine, 23 cm x , the upper edges being beveled. The. rails are fastened tothe ties by screw bolts. Double concealed bonds are placed ateach joint. The length of route along the canal is 13417 km. At the village of Halfweg, which, as its name indicates, issituated approximately half-way between Amsterdam andHaarlem, the line crosses two canals. Over these, bridges werebuilt specially for the purposes of the tramway. One bridgehas four spans, each 15 m, and the other two spans of the same 20 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. i. length. There were used in the construction of these bridges295 piles of 15 m average length, and 295 cu. m of other timber,280 cu. m of brick work, 25 cu. m of granite, 150 tons of steel. Through the village of Halfweg there are two sections ofsingle line. These short sections are controlled by an auto-. which are spaced 74 cm center to center, except at the joints,where they are spaced 56 cm. The dimensions of the ties isthe same as for the Vignole track. CAR HOUSE A new car house was constructed alongside the existingpower station of the E. N. E. T. The pit construction in thecar house is provided by the use of cast-iron columns to carrythe rails. These columns at the other. end have flangedbases resting on the pile foundations. The length of the col-umns is m, and the depth of the pit in the clear is distance from center to center of the columns is 2 m. The LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF TRACK rail bridges this distance without any additional support. Thisconstruction gives the minimum obstruction in the pits, and issimplicity itself. CARS The thirty-four cars were made by La Metallurgique, atNivelles, Belgium. They are divided into two compartments, b Green £t-| Red tl i , UiJ-lUx .lis 11 B, POLESTANDARD POLES
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